Teams from the United States and France will come to Moscow for the super-final of “Battle of cities”

Teams who will come to the international superfinal "Battle of cities" at special invitations from abroad are known. Eight teams representing the United States, France, Brazil, South Korea, Georgia, China, Italy and Greece will compete with the best Russian teams at the International Sambo Center from December 3 to 17.

“Battle of Cities” is an international project of the Russian Judo Federation and the “Cradle of the Fatherland” charity program with the support of the general sponsor Fonbet, which involves judoka teams under the age of 18.

Currently, the second stage of the project is coming to completion - the All-Russian Grand Final, the prize fund of which is 42 million rubles.

Competitions have already been held in all federal districts of the country. The winners of eight legions won the right to perform in the all-Russian grand final. And the two best teams from each legion secured a place in the international superfinal. These are judokas from Nazran, Krasnoyarsk, Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar, Nalchik, Stavropol, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Makhachkala, Ufa, Angarsk, Fryazino, Moscow, as well as St. Petersburg teams Leningrad and Petrograd.

Six foreign play-off tournaments were also held. According to their results, teams from Astana, Minsk, Tashkent and Ulaanbaatar won vouchers to the superfinals. Two play-offs remain in Istanbul and Belgrade, where teams from Turkey and Serbia, respectively, will compete for a place in the Moscow tournament with Russian judokas.